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Research Scientist visa sponsorship salary

Across 2,035 certified work-visa filings, the median wage for Research Scientist is $129,917. The middle half of filings fall between $78,000 and $188,013, and the top decile begins at $223,165. Classified under SOC 19-1029.02 (Molecular and Cellular Biologists).

This is one of many job titles filed under Molecular and Cellular Biologists. That page pools every variant, so its figures rest on far more filings than this one.

Median
$129,917
25th pct
$78,000
75th pct
$188,013
90th pct
$223,165
Filings
2,035

Who pays what for Research Scientist

Ranked by number of certified filings

Employers filing Research Scientist, with wage percentiles
EmployerFilings25thMedian75th
Meta Platforms, Inc474$179,170$184,374$214,032
Google LLC187$184,000$193,700$215,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology97$77,700$83,350$105,000
NVIDIA Corporation90$160,000$184,000$224,000
Intel Corporation44$128,738$144,173$178,328
The University of Virginia39$65,975$68,300$75,000
ByteDance Inc.36$209,910$252,300$322,500
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center35$71,388$73,500$76,708
Research Foundation of Suny at Buffalo30$60,121$64,698$70,602
NYU Grossman School of Medicine28$77,633$82,867$90,234
UT Southwestern Medical Center25$66,317$70,179$75,000
Brigham and Women's Hospital23$71,458$78,000$80,000
The Ohio State University23$70,500$77,246$86,253
University of Illinois17$65,000$68,000$85,030
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC16$139,289$177,163$186,059
Purdue University16$70,000$77,012$93,668
Trustees of Boston University15$69,830$74,314$86,050
University of Pittsburgh15$61,650$65,000$75,032
KLA Corporation14$144,030$160,028$173,349
Research Foundation for the State University of New York14$65,307$71,200$75,857
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio14$56,100$58,150$64,735
Qps, LLC13$87,843$88,500$92,300
IBM Corporation12$204,256$212,729$234,188
Netflix Global, LLC11$227,282$257,421$257,421
Bay Area Environmental Research Institute11$99,698$120,000$148,789
The University of Texas at Dallas11$65,609$73,000$84,000
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston11$65,264$66,000$69,000
New York University10$76,943$83,783$92,250
Van Andel Research Institute10$73,625$78,356$78,773
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University10$69,314$77,792$82,884
Cleveland Clinic Foundation10$67,369$71,369$73,831
General Hospital Corporation10$64,413$71,203$91,770
Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence9$216,300$240,000$257,504
Waymo LLC9$185,000$225,000$235,000
Zoom Communications, Inc.9$180,000$191,922$224,682
Mayo Clinic9$104,644$106,558$108,160
Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.9$64,928$76,000$95,002
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute9$65,000$68,952$70,000
The Curators of the University of Missouri9$50,856$52,042$56,181
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center8$97,552$117,510$134,303
Duke University8$84,742$85,000$88,386
The University of Alabama at Birmingham8$71,606$75,267$76,875
Texas A&M University8$63,402$73,000$80,000
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center8$61,473$67,553$76,398
Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund8$59,617$65,116$72,087
University of Louisville8$62,000$63,285$65,000
Wayne State University8$61,553$62,926$68,792
The University of Southern California7$111,239$117,042$120,000
The Methodist Hospital Research Institute7$95,000$110,000$122,500
Carnegie Mellon University7$83,110$100,000$103,000
J-Star Research, Inc.7$78,300$87,500$90,575
Yale University7$82,000$86,567$96,350
The George Washington University7$79,260$84,016$94,104
The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital7$72,500$75,000$76,500
The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research7$74,223$75,000$80,719
Trustees of Dartmouth College7$64,024$71,032$71,032
University of Notre Dame du Lac7$62,867$65,000$74,221
Toyota Research Institute, Inc.6$200,000$200,000$200,000
TikTok Inc.6$174,643$176,571$194,623
University of Oklahoma6$81,499$87,998$91,013

Individual filings

Most recent certified determinations

Recent certified Research Scientist filings, with wage and level
EmployerLocationWageLevelDecided
Southwest Research InstituteSan Antonio, TX$94,155IISep 30, 2025
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLCLivermore, CA$178,800IISep 30, 2025
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences CenterOklahoma City, OK$61,910ISep 30, 2025
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLCLivermore, CA$205,938IISep 30, 2025
AG2ai, Inc.Corvallis, OR$210,642IIISep 30, 2025
Gryphon Bio, Inc.Poway, CA$101,442IISep 29, 2025
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA$72,500ISep 29, 2025
NYU Grossman School of MedicineNew York, NY$82,678IISep 29, 2025
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer CenterHouston, TX$69,000—Sep 26, 2025
UT Southwestern Medical CenterDallas, TX$72,000IISep 26, 2025
Zoom Communications, Inc.San Jose, CA$237,786IVSep 26, 2025
Cleveland Clinic FoundationCleveland, OH$66,492IISep 26, 2025
Meta Platforms, IncMenlo Park, CA$178,006IISep 26, 2025
Meta Platforms, IncMenlo Park, CA$250,370IVSep 26, 2025
Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, PA$57,803ISep 26, 2025
Cleveland Clinic FoundationCleveland, OH$73,831IISep 26, 2025
Cleveland Clinic FoundationCleveland, OH$71,738IISep 26, 2025
Meta Platforms, IncMenlo Park, CA$214,178IIISep 26, 2025
University of ChicagoChicago, IL$84,048IISep 26, 2025
University of IllinoisUrbana, IL$63,752IIISep 25, 2025
University of IllinoisUrbana, IL$62,500IIISep 25, 2025
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer CenterHouson, TX$68,500—Sep 25, 2025
Google LLCMountain View, CA$230,000IIISep 25, 2025
Human Resources Research OrganizationLouisville, KY$94,557IISep 25, 2025
The University of Texas at ArlingtonArlington, TX$80,000ISep 25, 2025

The DOL publishes new filings quarterly. One email per release, nothing else.

Prevailing wage levels I through IV reflect the experience and responsibility the employer attested to, not seniority titles. A level I filing is an entry-level determination; level IV is fully competent and independent. Comparing across levels explains much of the spread between the 25th and 90th percentile above.